Jamie Matthews - guitar playing, writing, scribbling and conceptual hop-scotch.
Influences
Tindersticks, John Fahey, Stephan Basho Junghans, Jim O'Rourke's laptop, Alan Sparhawk's guitar (Low), Nina Nastasia, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Joanna Newsom, Richard Thompson, Calexico, Pete Budd (taught me flamenco guitar), Thelonious Monk, The Shins, Nick Drake, Bert Jansch, Anne Briggs, Led Zeppelin, Thomas Tallis, Ali Farka Toure, that type of thing....
Sounds Like
Jose Gonzalez, Nina Nastasia, Joanna Newsome and Low
Jamie Matthews, aka Spid 4, plays a nylon-string guitar of Spanish cypress and sings his own compositions. He must have a singular stubborness, to persist with this when there are so many tortured guitar-toting singer-songwriter types crowding the virtual space. He has been known to mess with Max/MSP, Live and lloopp which makes life more interesting.
thanks for the comment, good to know you're interested in the Soy Un Caballo single. If you'd like to see them play live, you might be able to catch them while they're in the UK on a short tour:
Thanks, check out this video from one of our recent Karma events.
Engine-EarZ Live and DJ Luxy @ Karma 3rd June, alongside Caspa, Rusko, Shy FX, Benny Page, Zero G, Skitz, Dynamite MC, Sye, Nathan Flutebox Lee and more.
thank you for joining our lonesome gang...if you like what you hear, please leave a comment...it would really brighten our day... we hope your sky is blue... a x
Thanks! :) Glad to hear ! If you want you can also subscribe to my mailinglist, so I can keep you updated, and I also record a new music piece there every 2 weeks for free :)
Thanks Jamie. Hope to see you at another live show soon! We're touring our socks off in Oct, all the dates are on our profile and our site at www. mercurymenmusic. com if you're around and fancy some more MM goodness!
MM
Hi Jamie...thanks for the comment...don't know about next gigs yet, but been talking to Dave Lono and we should talk. Will e you when more time.....all best......
